One of the most common?questions I receive?is regarding the use of weightlifting (Olympic lifting) in the?training of athletes. As many know, I’m a big advocate of Olympic lifting. I’ve?been an instructor for USA Weightlifting, co-coach a competitive club at Athletic Lab, and lift competitively myself. As a coach, I incorporate the lifts and their variants in to the majority of my training plans.
In this recent Athletic Lab Sport Performance Podcast my colleague and podcast host,?John Grace, took me through an interview about my thoughts on how I incorporate the lifts. Among the topics covered were:
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Why use Olympic weightlifting?
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Guidelines on sets and reps
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Preferences on power snatch vs power clean
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Should we use Hang, Power, or Full variations, why?
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Different variations at different times of year
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Strategies on building work capacity with the lifts (EMOM, complexes, etc)
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What if we can’t Olympic lift?
If you found the podcast interesting I would suggest subscribing on Soundcloud or iTunes as the weekly podcast is just getting started and has already had a great list of speakers in its first five episodes (Mladen Jovanovic,?Nick Winkelman, Greg Everett, and Ryan Horn).
You also might be interested in my post on the following two posts:
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